"unwavering" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /(ˌ)ʌnˈweɪvəɹɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /(ˌ)ʌnˈweɪvɹɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌənˈweɪvəɹɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˌənˈweɪvɹɪŋ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unwavering.wav [Southern-England], En-us-unwavering.ogg [Mid-Atlantic] Forms: more unwavering [comparative], most unwavering [superlative]
Etymology: From un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + wavering (“being in doubt, indecisive”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*n̥-|*webʰ-}}, {{glossary|prefix}} prefix, {{prefix|en|un|wavering|pos1=prefix meaning ‘not’|t2=being in doubt, indecisive}} un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + wavering (“being in doubt, indecisive”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} unwavering (comparative more unwavering, superlative most unwavering)
  1. Not wavering.
    Always on course and steady.
    Synonyms: constant, nonwavering, staunch, steadfast, strong-handed, tough-minded, unshakable, unshaking Translations (always on course and steady): رَاسِخ (rāsiḵ) (Arabic), صَارِم (ṣārim) (Arabic), অক্ষুব্ধ (okkhubdho) (Bengali), অক্ষুভিত (okkhubhito) (Bengali), 耐操 (nàicāo) [Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), 矢志不渝 (shǐzhìbùyú) (Chinese Mandarin), 鐵打 (Chinese Mandarin), 铁打 (tiědǎ) [figuratively] (Chinese Mandarin), urokkelig (Danish), onbeweeglijk (Dutch), onverschrokken (Dutch), horjumaton (Finnish), järkkymätön (Finnish), constant (French), indéfectible (French), inébranlable (French), sans faille [figuratively] (French), შეუდრეკელი (šeudreḳeli) (Georgian), unbeirrbar (German), unerschütterlich (German), unverwandt (english: chiefly of a person’s gaze) (German), unwandelbar (German), फ़ौलादी (faulādī) (Hindi), अविचल (avical) (Hindi), rendületlen (Hungarian), teguh (Indonesian), inconcusso [literary] (Italian), 不動 (fudō) (alt: ふどう) (Japanese), 줄기차다 (julgichada) (Korean), fīxus (Latin), stabilis (Latin), beayn (Manx), kinjagh (Manx), neuchaghlaaee (Manx), staþolfæst (Middle English), urokkelig (Norwegian Bokmål), अविचल (avicala) (Old Gujarati), nieugięty (Polish), niezachwiany (Polish), niezłomny (Polish), spiżowy [figuratively] (Polish), inabalável (Portuguese), firme (Portuguese), imperturbável (Portuguese), непоколѐбљив [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), по́стоја̄н [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), у̏стра̄јан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), nepokolèbljiv [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), póstojān [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), ȕstrājan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), inquebrantable (Spanish), firme (Spanish), indefectible (Spanish), constante (Spanish), fasti (Sranan Tongo), คงเส้นคงวา (kong-sên-kong-waa) (Thai), แน่วแน่ (nɛ̂ɛo-nɛ̂ɛ) (Thai), непохи́тний (nepoxýtnyj) (Ukrainian), неухи́льний (neuxýlʹnyj) [figuratively] (Ukrainian), стійки́й (stijkýj) (Ukrainian), жорстки́й (žorstkýj) (Ukrainian), digryn (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-unwavering-en-adj-mPKPCC9p Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'always on course and steady': 99 1
  2. Not wavering.
    Not doubting or unsure; decisive, firm, resolute.
    Synonyms: certain, sure, certain Translations (not doubting or unsure): կայուն (kayun) (Armenian), непоколебим (nepokolebim) (Bulgarian), 果決 (Chinese Mandarin), 果决 (guǒjué) (Chinese Mandarin), järkkymätön (Finnish), vankkumaton (Finnish), felsenfest (German), standhaft (German), unbeirrbar (German), eltántoríthatatlan (Hungarian), hajthatatlan (Hungarian), megingathatatlan (Hungarian), tántoríthatatlan (Hungarian), certus (Latin), fīxus (Latin), indubius (Latin), prōmptus (Latin), gyn leaystey (Manx), shickyr (Manx), kiriūka (Maori), ngākau titikaha (Maori), titikaha (Maori)
    Sense id: en-unwavering-en-adj-g7pp8x-8 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'not doubting or unsure': 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: unwaveringly, unwaveringness Related terms: nonwavering, waver, waverer, wavering [adjective, noun]

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          "word": "不動"
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          "word": "staþolfæst"
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          "word": "nieugięty"
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          "word": "niezłomny"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "always on course and steady",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "always on course and steady",
          "word": "inabalável"
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          "sense": "always on course and steady",
          "word": "firme"
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        {
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          "sense": "always on course and steady",
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          "word": "แน่วแน่"
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          "word": "կայուն"
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          "_dis1": "19 81",
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
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          "sense": "not doubting or unsure",
          "word": "непоколебим"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 81",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "not doubting or unsure",
          "word": "果決"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 81",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "guǒjué",
          "sense": "not doubting or unsure",
          "word": "果决"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 81",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "not doubting or unsure",
          "word": "järkkymätön"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 81",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "not doubting or unsure",
          "word": "vankkumaton"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 81",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "not doubting or unsure",
          "word": "felsenfest"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 81",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "not doubting or unsure",
          "word": "standhaft"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 81",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "not doubting or unsure",
          "word": "unbeirrbar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 81",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "not doubting or unsure",
          "word": "eltántoríthatatlan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 81",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "not doubting or unsure",
          "word": "hajthatatlan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 81",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "not doubting or unsure",
          "word": "megingathatatlan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 81",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "not doubting or unsure",
          "word": "tántoríthatatlan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 81",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "not doubting or unsure",
          "word": "certus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 81",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "not doubting or unsure",
          "word": "fīxus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 81",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "not doubting or unsure",
          "word": "indubius"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 81",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "not doubting or unsure",
          "word": "prōmptus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 81",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "not doubting or unsure",
          "word": "gyn leaystey"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 81",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "not doubting or unsure",
          "word": "shickyr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 81",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "not doubting or unsure",
          "word": "kiriūka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 81",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "not doubting or unsure",
          "word": "ngākau titikaha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 81",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "not doubting or unsure",
          "word": "titikaha"
        }
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    "English 4-syllable words",
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *n̥-",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *webʰ-",
    "English terms prefixed with un-",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links"
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      "word": "unwaveringly"
    },
    {
      "word": "unwaveringness"
    }
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          "word": "in two minds"
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          "word": "irresolute"
        },
        {
          "word": "of two minds"
        },
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        },
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        },
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      ],
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        [
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        [
          "doubting",
          "doubt#Verb"
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        [
          "unsure",
          "unsure"
        ],
        [
          "decisive",
          "decisive"
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        [
          "firm",
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        [
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          "word": "certain"
        },
        {
          "word": "sure"
        },
        {
          "word": "certain"
        }
      ]
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(ˌ)ʌnˈweɪvɹɪŋ/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      ]
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "rāsiḵ",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "رَاسِخ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṣārim",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "صَارِم"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "okkhubdho",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "অক্ষুব্ধ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "okkhubhito",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "অক্ষুভিত"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nàicāo",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "tags": [
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "word": "耐操"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shǐzhìbùyú",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "矢志不渝"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "鐵打"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tiědǎ",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "铁打"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "urokkelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "onbeweeglijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "onverschrokken"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "horjumaton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "järkkymätön"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "constant"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "indéfectible"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "inébranlable"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "sans faille"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šeudreḳeli",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "შეუდრეკელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "unbeirrbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "unerschütterlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "chiefly of a person’s gaze",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "unverwandt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "unwandelbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "faulādī",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "फ़ौलादी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "avical",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "अविचल"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "rendületlen"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "teguh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "inconcusso"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ふどう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fudō",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "不動"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "julgichada",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "줄기차다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "fīxus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "stabilis"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "beayn"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "kinjagh"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "neuchaghlaaee"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "staþolfæst"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "urokkelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "inc-ogu",
      "lang": "Old Gujarati",
      "roman": "avicala",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "अविचल"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "nieugięty"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "niezachwiany"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "niezłomny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "spiżowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "inabalável"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "firme"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "imperturbável"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "непоколѐбљив"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "по́стоја̄н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "у̏стра̄јан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "nepokolèbljiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "póstojān"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "ȕstrājan"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "inquebrantable"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "firme"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "indefectible"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "constante"
    },
    {
      "code": "srn",
      "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "fasti"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kong-sên-kong-waa",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "คงเส้นคงวา"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "nɛ̂ɛo-nɛ̂ɛ",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "แน่วแน่"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nepoxýtnyj",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "непохи́тний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "neuxýlʹnyj",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "неухи́льний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "stijkýj",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "стійки́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "žorstkýj",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "жорстки́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "always on course and steady",
      "word": "digryn"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kayun",
      "sense": "not doubting or unsure",
      "word": "կայուն"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nepokolebim",
      "sense": "not doubting or unsure",
      "word": "непоколебим"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "not doubting or unsure",
      "word": "果決"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guǒjué",
      "sense": "not doubting or unsure",
      "word": "果决"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not doubting or unsure",
      "word": "järkkymätön"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not doubting or unsure",
      "word": "vankkumaton"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not doubting or unsure",
      "word": "felsenfest"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not doubting or unsure",
      "word": "standhaft"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not doubting or unsure",
      "word": "unbeirrbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not doubting or unsure",
      "word": "eltántoríthatatlan"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not doubting or unsure",
      "word": "hajthatatlan"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not doubting or unsure",
      "word": "megingathatatlan"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not doubting or unsure",
      "word": "tántoríthatatlan"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "not doubting or unsure",
      "word": "certus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "not doubting or unsure",
      "word": "fīxus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "not doubting or unsure",
      "word": "indubius"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "not doubting or unsure",
      "word": "prōmptus"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "not doubting or unsure",
      "word": "gyn leaystey"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "not doubting or unsure",
      "word": "shickyr"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "not doubting or unsure",
      "word": "kiriūka"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "not doubting or unsure",
      "word": "ngākau titikaha"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "not doubting or unsure",
      "word": "titikaha"
    }
  ],
  "word": "unwavering"
}

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